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Jim Bunning: I do not think we can create a new regulator that will be able to outsmart Wall Street and prevent future financial…

On the recordJuly 22, 2009
I do not think we can create a new regulator that will be able to outsmart Wall Street and prevent future financial failures.
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Jim Bunning

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Bunning expresses skepticism about creating a new financial regulator.

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